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Feline Restraint: Low-Stress Handling
Views: 35,144 - Comments: 3Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates low-stress handling techniques for non-aggressive cats.
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Summer Feline Toxins
Views: 8,489 - Comments: 2With the arrival of summer and that warm weather, for which us Pacific Northwesterners are starved, comes an increase in the cases of specific cat toxins we see. The flowers are blooming and the bugs are out in full force! These f...
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Porcupine Quill Removal
Views: 10,592 - Comments: 5Katherine Earl, DVM, discusses the removal of porcupine quills, treatment and pain control.
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Clipper Care
Views: 17,439 - Comments: 0Think about the last procedure you used clippers for.. Was it shaving a wound? Cutting out matted hair and fecal matter? Or just prepping to place a catheter? Whatever is was, it's important to remember that we need to take care o...
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What to Expect on the Fourth of July
Views: 3,332 - Comments: 0Like most clinics, Fourth of July is DoveLewis’ busiest holiday. Patient numbers rise in the summer as more pets are outdoors with their owners enjoying the weather, which means more chances for pets and owners to make poor decisi...
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Cleaning Checklists
Views: 15,649 - Comments: 3DoveLewis Technician Assistant, Leilani Baker, gives an overview of the cleaning checklists and why this system is important in any hospital. A sample cleaning checklist is available for download.
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Dog Bite Prevention Q & A
Views: 26,242 - Comments: 2DoveLewis Safety Manager Coby Richter answers some common questions about dog bite prevention. She discusses important precautions that all of our staff members take and how our policy regarding muzzling was developed....
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Hemocytometer White Blood Cell Count
Views: 8,626 - Comments: 0Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to perform a manual white blood cell count using a hemocytometer. This procedure is infrequently used due to the technology available to many hospitals, but is a good skill to have i...
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Is There a Cure for When You’re a Workaholic?
Views: 4,913 - Comments: 6Is there a cure when you’re a workaholic? I am a workaholic. I come from a long line of focused, hardworking people who lived their lives with determined energy. And honestly, for many of my ancestors before me, this drive was...
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Respiratory Distress: Emergency Treatment
Views: 32,227 - Comments: 4When faced with a patient in respiratory distress or arrest, the timing of patient assessment and intervention is critical. First one must determine if the patient is in respiratory arrest, regardless of the underlying cause....
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Never Stop Learning
Views: 6,853 - Comments: 8This is a mantra here at atdove.org. It’s one of the main reasons for the development of this website and why I have spent the last 5 years working to create the videos and articles found here – because I believe so strongly that...
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Removing a Needle from a Cat’s Soft Palate
Views: 8,030 - Comments: 1Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, shows radiographs of a cat with a sewing needle lodged in her tongue and soft palate, and then demonstrates her strategy for removing the needle safely.
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Spring Weather Preparedness
Views: 5,281 - Comments: 1Spring Has Sprung! Watch Out for Wild Weather! Tornadoes, lightning, floods, rip currents and early season heat - spring dangers rampage across the United States throughout March, April and May. And there’s one hazard tha...
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Getting Started with Dental Charting
Views: 17,325 - Comments: 4Becky Smith, CVT, VTS (Clinical Practice), of Rose City Veterinary Hospital discusses the importance of dental charting, how to get started with dental charting in your practice, and the different abnormalities to chart in canine...
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How We Keep Our Dogs From Barking
Views: 8,257 - Comments: 5We’ve been doing yoga, coloring sheets, having healthy snacks, and taking extra time for ourselves because it’s self-care month at DoveLewis. But there’s one topic that’s got us all talking: our shoes! So w...
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My Fear of Wellness Month
Views: 4,563 - Comments: 7Let’s start with the basics: I’m new to my employer and have been with the company for 90 days. I’ve been put in charge of spearheading Wellness and Self Care Month for our 115 employees. Now the complicated factors: I do not c...
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Fractured Canine Root Canal
Views: 6,369 - Comments: 2VCA Raleigh Hills Dental Center’s Rebecca Martin, DVM, performs a root canal on a fractured canine. The process of performing a root canal is covered as well as reasoning behind each decision made along the way.
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Are You Taking Dental Radiographs?
Views: 6,143 - Comments: 2It’s dental month so let’s talk about a touchy subject. Dental radiographs, YES, you need to be taking them. Dentistry is kind of the red headed stepchild in veterinary medicine; it gets less attention and is kind of an afte...
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But I Swear She’s Sick!
Views: 6,053 - Comments: 8The rumors are true. In a momentary (that seems to have lasted a few weeks) lapse of judgement I made and followed through on the decision to add a puppy to my life. Losing Phoebe so quickly and without warning was quite shocking...
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Albuterol Administration
Views: 9,607 - Comments: 2Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to administer inhaled medication (in this case, albuterol) to a cat that has been diagnosed with asthma.
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Skin Cytology
Views: 14,596 - Comments: 3Veterinary Dermatologist, Jon Plant, DVM, DACVD, of SkinVet in Portland demonstrates multiple methods of obtaining samples for skin cytology looking for bacterial contamination of the skin.
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Wellness Program
Views: 6,726 - Comments: 1DoveLewis Wellness Program coordinators Enid Traisman, CT, MSW, and Josey Kinnaman, CVT, discuss the staff benefits of a coordinated hospital wellness program and the steps DoveLewis has taken to improve the wellness options for e...
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Veterinary View of the Holidays
Views: 5,821 - Comments: 1The memes have started: pancreatitis- turkey bone- foreign body removal- chocolate toxicity. It’s how we know the holiday season is upon us. Of course these memes are funny, because they are true. During the holidays, we see an in...
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Art Therapy
Views: 5,768 - Comments: 0Enid Traisman, CT, MSW, discusses the benefits of art therapy to veterinary staff, and describes how DoveLewis has instituted art therapy for employees.
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Present Tense
Views: 4,852 - Comments: 10It’s a quiz on Facebook. It’s a plot point in every time travel movie. The thought of it might keep you awake at night. Do you want to know the day that you’ll die? Do you want to plan? Have time to travel? Spend all of your money...
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Burette Use
Views: 17,354 - Comments: 11Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), discusses the advantages of using a burette in the ICU and how to add medications to a burette for patient administration.
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Cleaning Exam Rooms
Views: 22,442 - Comments: 6DoveLewis technician assistant, Amy Lacey, describes the procedure for cleaning an exam room before the next patient arrives.
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Anesthesia in Brachycephalics
Views: 17,861 - Comments: 3Kristin Spring, CVT, VTS (ECC, Anes.), discusses the special considerations for anesthesia in brachycephalic breeds. Differences in pre-operative and post-operative monitoring are covered.
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Vaccines: Why Are We Vaccinating
Views: 20,871 - Comments: 2Becky Smith, CVT, VTS(Clinical Practice), from Rose City Veterinary Hospital, discusses the herd health immunity importance behind vaccines for dogs and cats. AAHA and AAFP core and non-core vaccines and the diseases they protect...
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The Declaw Debate
Views: 9,883 - Comments: 3The Oregon state legislature is voting this week on a bill that would almost outlaw declawing cats and debarking dogs. The reason I say almost is that there are a few exceptions to this bill. Declawing a cat would be allowed...
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Just Me and the Cats
Views: 4,206 - Comments: 0Growing up, my siblings and I were animal lovers but never had many pets. We had to relocate often due to my dad’s Coast Guard career, and my parents were understandably wary of adding animals to our very mobile family. Early on i...
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Urinary Catheter in a Male Dog
Views: 23,639 - Comments: 6Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to place a urinary catheter in a male dog. In this case, the catheter was temporary meant to drain the bladder for patient comfort; a similar approach can be used for an indwelling u...
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Cleaning Kennels
Views: 26,261 - Comments: 13Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to clean and disinfect a kennel between patients.
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When to Say Goodbye
Views: 5,249 - Comments: 1My recent experience saying goodbye to our pug Lucy led me to the DoveLewis Pet Loss Support Program and Enid Traisman, program director and certified grief counselor. Ron: I work in a building where end of life for animals i...
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My Two Favorite Superheroes
Views: 4,547 - Comments: 1It has been a while since my last blog and I have been thinking what my few readers would find interesting. I think we all love superhero stories, but mine just so happen to be real. My favorite superheroes have saved countless li...
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Pulse Oximetry (SpO2)
Views: 26,367 - Comments: 1Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), demonstrates how to obtain a pulse oximetry reading (SpO2) on a dog. A brief explanation of how the machine works is followed by best locations to obtain the reading.
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There's an Opossum in My Bed!
Views: 5,159 - Comments: 2I was privileged to work at Veterinary Services of Wickford in Saunderstown, Rhode Island for five years. They not only take care of small animals and exotics but also have a wildlife clinic attached to the building. The Wildlife...
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Can vs. Should
Views: 4,162 - Comments: 9Just because we can doesn’t mean we should… Those words are heard in ICUs around the country – for animal and people alike. We have reached a point where medicine can do amazing things, but it may not always be working for us....
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Medical Errors
Views: 11,030 - Comments: 0Ladan Mohammad-Zadeh, DVM, DACVECC, takes this hour to discuss medical errors. She covers classification of errors, what to do when errors occur in the hospital, owner communication, and some personal examples of medical errors an...
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Anesthesia Machine Basics
Views: 54,871 - Comments: 12Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), explains the different parts to the anesthesia machine. She covers proper anesthetic circuit choice, appropriate oxygen flow rates, correct reservoir bag sizing, and pop-off valve safety.
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Why Do People Hate Leashes?
Views: 4,444 - Comments: 5I want to know why so many dog owners think that it’s okay to have their dog off leash everywhere. Do dog owners think a “good” dog will walk next to them and only “bad” dogs need to be on a leash? They don’t realize the leash is...
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Nursing Scabies (Sarcoptic Mange)
Views: 10,295 - Comments: 0Rose City Veterinary Hospital technician Becky Smith, CVT, VTS (Clinical Practice), discusses appropriate personal protective equipment and cleaning procedures when dealing with a patient suffering from Sarcoptic Mange.
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Providing Top Notch Customer Service
Views: 38,341 - Comments: 5At DoveLewis we live and work in a 24-hour world where clients arrive at all hours in a variety of mental and emotional states. This helps keep us on our toes, but constantly dealing with the unknown of what could walk through...
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Safe Lifting
Views: 25,612 - Comments: 8Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS (ECC), and assistant, Hannah Cohen, demonstrate the proper procedure for lifting a dog from the floor to the table.
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Can't We All Just Get Along?
Views: 5,407 - Comments: 12I’m a fairly cynical person. It’s not a trait I’m necessarily proud of – while sarcasm is fun at cocktail parties it sometimes really poisons the genuinely good moments in life. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, or maybe it’s...
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Don't Drink the Water - Leptospirosis in Dogs
Views: 13,101 - Comments: 11Megan Brashear, CVT, VTS(ECC), discusses Leptospirosis in dogs including at risk populations, the disease progression, and treatment. Heavy emphasis is placed on proper barrier nursing care and zoonosis. This talk is specifical...
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Allergic to Overnights
Views: 4,037 - Comments: 0I know I sound silly and slightly crazy, but I really think I’m allergic to the overnight shift. It starts just like any other allergic response minus the hives, rash (really glad I don’t get a rash) and difficulty...
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Yogi Tech: From Saving Dogs to Downward Dog
Views: 5,894 - Comments: 9I started working at DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital over five years ago. Before that time I practiced yoga and did some light exercise but it was sporadic and sparse. I drank a lot, ate like a little kid (lots of pizza and ju...
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Laundry Protocol
Views: 13,589 - Comments: 9DoveLewis technician assistant, Amy Lacey, discussed the various types of laundry in a veterinary hospital and the laundry protocol and communication strategies used at DoveLewis. Download Laundry Tags
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Emptying Garbage
Views: 10,734 - Comments: 0DoveLewis Technician Assistant, Amy Lacey, discusses some tips to remember when emptying the garbage at a veterinary hospital.
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